Archives for July 30, 2015

It was ok, the first couple times.
Uber disrupting the pay for hire transportation industry.
AirBnb disrupting the hotel economy.
Then we had some yahoo:
nICE mug disrupting the dull beverage drinking glass routine.
And now it's the dot com vogue term and every business is trying to disrupt somebody or something.
Why can't it be like AUTHENTIC sauna?
Quietly light your sauna stove.
Chop some wood, carry some water.
Step into the hot room.
Let the busy world go on about its business.
The door opens, family or a friend or two joins the sauna.
A smile and then silence.
Followed by gentle conversation.
Then a cool down: a lake plunge or outdoor shower in the garden all misty wet with rain.
Then we do it again.
Sauna isn't about disruption. Sauna is about calm, soothe, enlighten.
We aren't sheep. We don't need to disrupt something to be in vogue.
Let's disrupt less. Let's sauna more. … [Read more...]

The guest post series continues... (This is JP reporting from Argentina.)
Whether it's laughs, tears or silence, sauna is a place for whatever needs a little more space in your life. When I started working on The Firehouse three years ago, there was no way I could have known just how badly I would need the space I was creating.
As I was opening the door to The Firehouse, I was also closing the door on a fourteen-year relationship with my first love.
I finished the sauna just a few weeks before moving out. The sauna was my sanctuary, a place to honor and express my grief in private. It also gave me a way to reach out and connect with others, even if I only had enough energy to simply sit in silence. Sauna gave me a new community and a new relationship with quiet. I don't know how I would have survived that period without either.
But this sauna meister is learning that sauna isn't the answer to every major life transition.
After three years building a … [Read more...]

Time to build your own sauna?

I wrote my "build your own sauna" book for you.
I'm not a professional builder.
But I've built a bunch of authentic saunas.
And I know how to build saunas.
And I love helping others realize their own AUTHENTIC sauna dreams.
For a $20.00 USD donation, I will send you my ebook.
I took careful note of many of the details, shortcuts, and special tricks about building a sauna. … READ MORE